Can you get stronger while on a caloric deficit?

No doubt this works but there is a cost to strength. I see you are looking to diet for around a month? IMO you will need more time. The first 2-3 weeks of dropping carbs you are just dropping water/glycogen. Not much actual fat loss during this period.
4 months is prob a better timeframe if you wanna actually lose a bunch of fat but you will def take a big hit on your lifts. Obviously it will all come back once you bring up cals/carbs again.
What is your current diet like? You would be much better served optimizing diet based on goals then going extreme and rebounding. Just my 2c.
Either way log this.

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